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Letters Patent 'Na 82,584, dated September 29, 1868.

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'lO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES BALLARD, oflAlmond, in .the county of Lapecr,and in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in WashingMacl1inesg and Ido hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon. l

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my inventioml'willproceed to describe its lconstruction aud operation.

In the annexed drawings, forming part of this` specification, Arepresents the suda-box, made of wood or other suitable material, and ofsuch dimensions as' may be desired, and which has two short legs, B, andtwo long ones, C. These atter legs C are attached to the box, in aninclined or standing position, in s uch a manner that i their top,whichis joined by a cross-piece, D, will be over the centre of tbesuds-box A. To and between the legs C, and near t-he top cross-piece D,is a bar, E, pivoted, to which bar the rubber is attached,` by means ofarms made of two parts, Gr and H. The parts G of the arms are securelyfastened to the bar or'cross-piece E, and inclined inwards, so thatthey'are closer together at bottom than at the top, and have twosockets, I I, of metal or other suitable materialyin which .the arms Hmay slide up and down. These arms H are securely fastened to the rubberF, which is 'made of wood, and provided with grooves on its bottom sideto correspond with 4and* rub against the small rollers O O, placedcross-ways in the suds-box A. These rollers O O are pivoted in a pieceof wood fastened to eachside of the box A, and are placed,=in the formof an arc, in such a manner that when the rubber Fis moved backward orforward without loweringior raising the arms, it will b'e at the samedistance from the rollers O O. In one' corner of the suds-box A is a.hole, with a spout, N, to empty the suds out ofthe box. This holeis'provided with4 a plug. I

For the purpose of moving, raising, and lowering the rubber F, itisprovided with a lever, K, which levier is p iv ted on the outer sideof the arm H. One arm bf the lever K extends towards the back part ofthe box,`

and is connected with the arm G bymeans of a bar or rod, L. The otherarm of thc lever K extends far enough in front to be worked from thatside whereV it is attached to asimilar lever on the other arm H', bymeans of a cross-piece or handle.

When working the machine, itwill take about the same amount-,of power todepress the rubber F in the.

sockets I, as it does to raise it, as the arms Gand H are closertogether at the bottom than at the top, as already described, thusdispensing with the use of springs for raising the rubber. The greatleverage attached to the rubber F makes it a very easy working machine,as also cheap of construction, and not liable to get out of order.

Having thus fully described my invention,` whatI claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Pateut,`is-

The combination ofthe sliding bar H and its stationary rubber F with theswinging bar G, and levers L and K, and the tub, all constructed tooperate as set forth.'

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 20th dayrof ApriL-ISGS,

' JAMES BALLARD.

Witnesses:

lJOHN RA'rTReY,. C. R. FERGUSON.

